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Why did you become a kindergardener? Did you expect it to be more fun? And since you don't consider it to be fun anymore, have you considered to take up programming? If not, why not?

As for nursing, no it is not "fun" in the strict sense, but I think it comes with a lot of expectations of emotional reward, helping other people and so on. I was using "fun" loosely.

Btw, as a father with a kindergarden going kid, I hope the kindergardeners have some enthusiasm for the job... If you need help entering programming, get in touch. I live in Germany, though.

Edit: actually, programming gets boring after a while, too, and people ponder steps to make it interesting again. Maybe the same could be done for kindergardening? Can't you think of ways of making it more fun again? A change from the routine perhaps? I worry a lot about my kid just doing standard stuff at kindergarden. On the other hand maybe it is unrealistic to expect more, and kids first have to go through the basic motions. (There are no lego mindstorm sets at my kid's kindergarden - but then kindergarden kids can't be expected to program, I suppose. But perhaps they could build robots, and the kindergardener could do the programming).
Demystifying the phone bill
Phone bills can be frustrating pieces of paper work that often confuse and bewilder us. Moreover, bill shock can be a nasty surprise at the end of the month when you realise just how much you’ve spent. Why is it that one of the most ubiquitous and essential devices can be so hard to manage? Surely if bills were presented in more meaningful ways, we might be better placed to control our phone usage?
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How could the bootloader in SuSE solution keep the keystore secure?

edit: Disregard that question. Apparently UEFI provides storage for the bootloader which is used as keystore
Best understood in context as a combination of medical humour, and a critique of evidence-based medicine. In this case pointing out the lack of controlled randomized trials of parachutes, and how this would affect the evaluation of the efficacy of parachutes as a life-saving medical intervention.
Last night when I instinctively typed 'man ascii' on OSX and it came up with that man page, and when I do 'ls -lsh |sort -n' to sort files by size _and_ also have the human readable sizes visible, I keep being reminded that OSX is still very much BSD under the bonnet, for me.
The fun thing is that every person can solve any problem with enough time, control and resources (given that the person has at least average intelligence and no mental disorder).
Dolly the Sheep creator scientist Keith Campbell dies
From memory, "things" / entities aren't visible on the map by default, but toggle keys and/or cheat codes can make more stuff visible.

Projectiles (from the rocket launcher, plasma gun, and BFG9000) will fly around.

You can't see the projectiles from hitscan weapons fly across the map, but things like puffs of smoke on the walls where a weapon hits it are short-lived "things" and you can see them blink into (and out of) existence.
Note that the proof that Rule 110 is Turing-complete was actually invalid.

(Also, like much of the work in the book, it was written by an uncredited employee rather than Wolfram)
I was considering our options for a new setup earlier this month, and considered Linode, AWS, DreamHost's VPS, and DigitalOcean. I found the Amazon pricing so incomprehensible — even though I'm moving an established app, with known traffic and storage — that it was a non-starter.

I went with DigitalOcean and — while I'm still getting the server set up — I've been pleased with it so far. The articles on the site that help with setup are really helpful (like Linode's articles, but more up-to-date, and the prices are both good and simple.

(I'm not affiliated with them in any way.)
Well, I agree that they don't have such power right now, but I don't think it's currently biggest bottleneck (linux doesn't break that often, + LTS releases get more and more usable, for example 12.04 is already good).

The bigger thing currently is to simply buy something and know it will 100% work with at least current Ubuntu. That's unfortune, but it's true.
I don't know much about law unfortunately. Maybe there being a lot more movies about lawyers than about programmers helps? Also lawyers earn a lot more than programmers, or so I would think. And at face value it involves talking with people - the movies don't show much poring over documents, whereas programmers in movies always sit in front of the computer.
I have been freelancing for 6 months, and managed to secure a decent, but underwhelming income. The biggest breakthrough I had was finding Patrick McKenzie's blog posts on Freelancing and Consulting. I started here:

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-...

For background about me, when I started, I had a decent runway, have been able to save while freelancing, and have even gone on a few trips. But money is always tight, my girlfriend and I eat the cheap, discounted meat & veg that is about to go past date. I worked constantly for 6 months, and felt like I was flailing.

When I started freelancing, I was focusing on web development/design. I tapped into my network in a way that I thought was reasonably well. I got a few good clients, and was charging about 2-4k per project. But I still wasn't enjoying the work or my life (which was the reason I started freelancing!!) On top of that, I would follow up with previous clients, etc, but the word of mouth just wasn't spreading.

Listening to Patrick McKenzie's blogcasts and following up by reading some of Ramit Sethi's material has recently pushed me in the right direction. Ramit gets some guff from some critics on the net, but he did an interview with BJ Fogg (@bjfogg , http://captology.stanford.edu) that really changed the way I look at my business.

The most important part is to PICK A FOCUS. Once you pick a focus, you will much better know who your customers are, and then you can talk to them without even talking about work, just learn their problems and how to solve them. That is the step I am on right now. I have yet to see a fical payout from these efforts (its been 2 days); but I already feel as though I am not flailing and incredibly focused - like a surgical laser. As a result, I am working less, less stressed and am much more confident that I will be able to deliver real value within 1-2 month's time.

I hope that helped. If you want to carry on the conversation in private, you can always tweet at me @SalvatoChris.
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Useful, but no reason to go through a redirector which may change.

The direct link to the blog post: https://blog.cloudvertical.com/2012/10/aws-cost-cheat-sheet-...

The direct link to the PDF with the data: http://s3.amazonaws.com/CloudVerticalBlog/CloudVertical-AWS-...
If colored "ls" had been standard from the early days, I'd bet that people would be praising how useful it is, and wondering how can you live without it. But many *nixes still don't have it and people that made a life using them get into this "get off my lawn" attitude.

I can read the output of "ls" just fine without color. I use systems without colored "ls" daily. But... I find color in "ls" invaluable.

Color conveys information in a very unobtrusive way (if it isn't excessive). Much better to see blue text and knowing immediately that it's a directory, than looking at the permissions column or warts ("ls -F").

Actually, colorless "ls" makes the system feel old. It's the feeling I get every day when using AIX, for example. I just feel like changing the color scheme to green-on-black or amber-on-black just to feel like the old days.
One of my favorite books. Almost makes me wish I was born at a different time and place.

Even the Super Mario Warner Bros 4 rewrite Carmack made is two days older than me.
You might want to check out the new pkgng system, if you still care.
I read this book around a year ago, and it's one of my favourites. If you've been enjoying the recent Warcraft[1] and Starcraft[2] blog posts from Patrick Wyatt, you'll love Masters of Doom. It doesn't focus on the technical details as much, but it's an excellent story.

[1] http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/tag/warcraft

[2] http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/tag/starcraft
To play devil's advocate:

We need more women in trash collection. It is a national problem. The disparity between genders in the field is huge, has been going on for years, and relies on outdated, presumptuous, and sexist stereotypes that women do not like to be smelly and dirty. And the discrimination goes all the way up to the top: every CEO of a trash collection company you meet is male. We need to reach every girl and indoctrinate them to like trash as early as we can so that more of them will go on to collect it.

What I mean is: Sure, we really like computer science and allied fields. But there are other ways to live, and it seems really arrogant (and speaking of stereotypes, American ;) to unilaterally decide that our way is the best way and roll in and try and "fix" the problem. Anecdote, but the people who do well in CS are intrinsically into it.
In The Magazine FAQ Marco says he's looking at the options for Kindle. I'd be surprised if there's not a plan towards having it given Marco seems to be a very big fan of the e-ink Kindles.
I don't want a solution intended for a specific environment, or to manage keys or use a signed distribution, I want to boot my computer!
I chose (Free)BSD over Linux back in the day (~1999) also for reasons related to X. The Linux distributions I tried came with an X server that didn't support my graphics card (a Voodoo 3 3000!). FreeBSD got the latest X server in the ports and it ran fine on this card. I later moved to Linux (Debian then Arch) but FreeBSD was a great learning experience, and it felt clearner/more organized.
As other people have said, if you really are desperate then it masks your worldview. One can tend to act differently, because the resources/outlook is limited. Sometimes this works, but more often it doesn't, because typically your desperation makes you focus on getting the next meal, the next bit of money coming in. This takes you away from giving all your focus to something great without distraction.

There are obviously counterexamples where it can be used as the fuel to do something and that works out, and those can be inspiring. But if you want to do something great you actually want to do something great, there's your fuel. So then cutting away anything that takes you away from your goal helps enormously.
If you plan on making a SaaS product, what is the target market you plan on selling to?

Small businesses? FM companies? Large organizations?

Are they the type of market that would look for a subscription based service or will they seek a more traditional sales channel with hand-holding?

How do you plan on handling the actual process flow for work orders? Each subscriber may have a slightly different way in which they want it to work.

It could certainly be possible that you can build and sell an SaaS product but you may want to do some market research first.

(Disclaimer: Our company sells FM related software and WO and Inventory Management is one part of it.)
You get something similar but completely different. Content is the king on this one, and if people are writing exclusive articles then you're either not going to see them for a month or at all.
This is a really cute story for me personally, as an old-time Grid user. In my youth, I was a computer-ops tech, of the travelling variety.

I was lucky enough to be given a Grid compass machine to do my job in the 80's. It was a godsend as a remote tech who had to go places and do things to computers while maintaining a security profile. My own terminal, my own stash of notes/profiles/logs, etc. All had to be checked in, after a 7 or 8 day trip around the US to all and sundry terminal locations.

Damn thing was heavy, and had very little RAM/storage, all things considered. I was lucky to have a stack of floppies for it, of course, but that was more bulk to the luggage.

It was one of the first machines on which I built my C chops, as a coder. I've still got muscle-memory for its dodgy * location, I think.

I lugged the thing around for years, then .. suddenly .. back at HQ .. the Atari Portfolio.

:)

Instant upgrade.

I still use an OrangeRedAmber as my term color. Oh, how I'd love to have a few Grid screens around to plug into things, it was truly a bask of radiative glare.. ;)
Looking back to the future of video games
Ok then, list all the primes in reverse order. Take as much time as you like.
I think you have to take into account that people value their personal experiences. We all have encountered women in our lives and sometimes in Tech. Since I never attempted to rape a tech woman, or diminished their achievements, I tend to find the typical portrait of male tech environments insulting. From my personal experience they are not true, and you have to provide a lot of arguments to override people's personal experiences.
McDaniel, Raymond W.
McDaniel, Raymond W.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Moody's Corporation
CEO Boot Camp Alumnus

Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moody'sCorporation. In this role, Mr. McDaniel is responsible for all activities of thecorporation and its two operating divisions: Moody’s Investors Service, thecredit rating agency; and Moody’s Analytics.

Mr. McDaniel has held a variety of positions since joining the firm in 1987. Hewas named President of Moody's Investors Service in November 2001. He waspromoted to Executive Vice President of the corporation and was elected to itsboard of directors in April 2003. Mr. McDaniel was appointed Chief OperatingOfficer of Moody's Corporation in January 2004, and was named President ofthe corporation in October 2004. He assumed responsibility as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in April 2005.
This is an awesome and very helpful group of guys. They are one of the few companies I know that invests as much in great support as their tech. If you use Mongo on a project, you owe it to yourself to try them out.
How is that different? A microkernel can be superior in theory, while still being stupid in practice. In theory you can ignore the realities of communication, in practice you can't.

That looks like the definition of a theorerically superior idea to me.
Gestalt principles of design
I read this as absolutely on-demand. Re-reading, I guess I'm making assumptions, but radio-over-phone/cable (by 'radio' I mean the 'server' transmits what it transmits and you're stuck with whatever's on currently) seems kinda dumb.

Your push concept (I say "your" because it's really not clear in the article what "subscribe" means) is a step up, but I wouldn't want to get spammed with whatever "they" decided to send me today.

Call in, dial codes for the genre, artist, album, or song; digital recorder thingy that's been listening in hears the screech of the digital stream and starts recording. Caller hangs up, recorder maintains connection until "download" is complete. In this scenario, I'd suggest that "subscribing to interest categories" just means a shortcut (less dialing) to get to music you like. You subscribe to "Hard Rock" or "Artists Similar to Queen" and you just dial less to select something to record.

My logic here hinges on "...without regard for the quantity of music he or she decides to tape" and I'll concede I might have misinterpreted his intent.
Stack is similar to HN, stuff pops up to the front page based on popularity and moderation is given to users who collect enough points. So giving it a lot of traffic gets it in front of the mods which got it shutdown for the reason given above. So dumb yes nefarious not really.
McDaniel, Raymond W.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Moody's Corporation
CEO Boot Camp Alumnus

Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moody'sCorporation. In this role, Mr. McDaniel is responsible for all activities of thecorporation and its two operating divisions: Moody’s Investors Service, thecredit rating agency; and Moody’s Analytics.

Mr. McDaniel has held a variety of positions since joining the firm in 1987. Hewas named President of Moody's Investors Service in November 2001. He waspromoted to Executive Vice President of the corporation and was elected to itsboard of directors in April 2003. Mr. McDaniel was appointed Chief OperatingOfficer of Moody's Corporation in January 2004, and was named President ofthe corporation in October 2004. He assumed responsibility as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in April 2005.
Replacing Work/Life Balance with Work/Life Harmony
I had a very similar issue as well with Heroku. Their support option is buried away in the site. I had a few questions about billing that weren't clear.

When I did find it their customer service was just nasty. "He doesn't have time..." after the fact I was willing to spend a couple hundred dollars doing business with them. He told The irony here is heroku is owned by salesforce....
Agreed. I'm quite impressed. I think we're seeing a giant-killer emerge here.
Good point. Well what I think, in the very first marketing round about laptops in the 80's, the big pitch was portability, and that mean: flights. Most "portable computers" in that era were for flying around the country, they had to be built for check-in.

And who takes flights around the country? Executives.

The secretaries have their computers on their desktop, they stay at home. So the computer had to be pitched as useful, somehow, to an Executive traveller..

There was really a sort of division about the very expensive computers being something you took with you instead of locked at home at the office, at the very beginning, but nowadays of course usability has demolished the cultural head and we've all got mega-buck$ invested in our thin, delicate slabs.
It sounds like you don't use it enough to justify having that one!

... but basically what you said backs up the target audience argument.
Dolly the Sheep (named because she was cloned from the mammary glands of her 'mother' and the scientists were reminded of Dolly Parton's mammary glands) is on display at the National Museum of Scotland: http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_collections/highlights/dolly_the_sh...
If you're experienced in Java, have you taken a look at the Play Framework?

http://playframework.org
Stanford's Complexity Zoo
5 Big Data stories to read this weekend
Why would someone downvote this. The mind boggles.
I think that this is it shouldn't have a PRELIMINARY injuction before the main trial has taken place. The harm is not sufficient to stop sales now although I don't think it prevents an injunction if the patent is determined infringed in the trial.

I think to get a preliminary injunction you need to show that:

1) you are likely to win the trial and get and injunction.

2) you are being irreparably damaged until the trial. (Financial damages can't put it right later.)

This judgement was mainly about (2) with an additional comment related to (1) on the claim construction.

It does not mean that you can infringe patents as long as that is not shown to be why people buy your products.
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I still believe in buying a domain that relates to the business or search term, such as NoSQL. But that does limit if the company does something else or if the people do not actually know what NoSQL actually is!
Great, looking forward to it. I love Flask, and am working on a backend site built on top of it (http://woventheapp.com) -- the more people we can get knowledgeable about it, the better!
Yes.

All evidence of parachute efficacy is anecdotal (as well as the occasions where the parachute failure "allegedly" caused the death of a person.

Enough with this pseudoscientific babble that parachutes work!!

I love this kind of humor, EBM is certainly important, but some people try to make all and everything out of something.
So, I guess part of the story we're supposed to take away here is that the tablet and the smartphone should be no different, right? Laptops/desktops will be replaced by smartphones and tablets, right? History repeats itself right?

The difference I see is that the smartphone and the tablet all use laptop concepts (keyboard, visual display, etc). People literally went from not knowing how to type (which is NOT intuitive) to typing on a keyboard. The biggest difference now is multi-touch. But the reason multi-touch caught on, was because it was a intuitive interface to computer-human interaction. I had to take a course in grade school in order to use a keyboard, I don't for multi-touch.

In other words, the laptop (and as people have pointed out, actually the desktop) was a revolution in technology. Mobile devices seem to be much more an evolution.
Founder of PageKite here. I'm more than happy to answer any questions folks may have. :-)
And... Newton was also wrong. His theories ended up not "overarching" at all, but flawed for aspects of reality that he didn't know about/didn't think about/had little data for.

CS has lots of similarities with physics, yes. But the devil is in the differences.

Think of it this way:

If Newton had been trying to solve problems that included objects moving near the speed of light, not caring for what that would imply, he would have failed miserably.

Computer scientists were trying to use microkernels to solve problems that required performance, without caring for performance, and failed miserably.

Microkernel research was useful, Linux actually implements a lot of concepts devised to improve microkernel performance. It just happens that these concepts work even better when applied to a monolithic/modular kernel. Though luck for microkernelists...
Investors like New York Times' 'paywall' progress
It almost seems like it's the opposite these days: apple's taking the keyboard off a smartphone convinced non tech savy people to buy one.
Usenet used to be ubiquitous, especially when most of us were using dialup ISPs. Now we're all on broadband and our ISPs (Comcast et al.) don't carry it. There's Google groups, sort of ...

Does anyone subscribe to a for-pay usenet provider that they like? Does it offer old school text-based client access?
Sigh ... once you name your daughter "Moon-Unit" nobody takes you seriously anymore.
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As long as we're quoting platitudes, I'd say that the flip sides are that "desperate times call for desperate measures", or as Titus Livius said, "In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest".

Desperation changes the entire game theory. Yes, in many cases people will give the desperate a wide berth. Sometimes, that is just the opening they need.

During John Elway's heyday, I saw the Denver Broncos reach the Super Bowl three times. He was an unbelievable talent. I saw "the drive" of NFL lore from my living room and I saw the Broncos lose in the Super Bowl to larger city teams all three times. And then, years later when both he and the team had been in decline, I saw the most desperate thing.

After his career should have been over, when he was pushing 40, Elway and the Broncos made it back to the Super Bowl. He played the game of his life. And I'll be damned if there wasn't a steely look of desperation in him. At long last, they won. And the next year, they did it again. In his final game, with the clock of not only the game, but of his life ticking down, he did something insane. As a comparatively fragile quarterback hellbent on securing his legacy, he ran it in for a touchdown against heavily muscled men who had a 100 pounds in him. And it was just desperate enough that they didn't see it coming until it was too late to stop him.

That's something that younger, less desperate quarterbacks just wouldn't do. In many cases, the result is ruin. But sometimes desperate actions prevail. It's called a Hail Mary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzzfbflCGwg&t=4m25s
The Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention
The rise of the Computational Class